A bed bug policy advocacy group
From the category archives:
We’ve chosen to open our examination of the Strategic Plan (a document that we have anticipated all year) by simply citing the statements of the elected representatives and public health officials of Cincinnati and Hamilton County.
The statements of government and public health officials are always important. They are predictive. They frame the issues and define the challenges and the terms of success and accountability.
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In the next few days we’re going to take a very close look at the Cincinnati/Hamilton County Joint Bed Bug Task Force Strategic Plan.
Yesss, we finally scored a copy!
Alas, it won’t all be fun. As New Yorkers, there’ll be one not-so-small matter to reflect about.
And because it’s been Cincinnati this and Cincinnati that here [...]
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At the June 24 Cincinnati Board of Health Meeting, Assistant Health Commissioner Dr. Camille Jones gave an update on the “bedbug issue” and the news wasn’t especially promising:
She said if you compared every month this year to the same month in 2007, the number of complaints has at least doubled, which is very alarming. The [...]
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Today’s exciting news is that the Cincinnati Department of Health is hosting a bed bug conference on August 14, a day-long conference, as part of a strategy to raise public awareness. The conference will be an opportunity to educate the public, environmental health workers and pest control professionals and will address the real issues [...]
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Speaking of money, the City of Cincinnati 2009/2010 Biennial Budget Development Memorandum, dated June 2, 2008, is available here (link is PDF).
A section on the “Creation and Expansion of the Bed Bug Inspection Program” reads as follows:
Complaints to the Health Department about bed bug infestations have grown from less than 50 in 2006 to more [...]
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If there is a public conversation in Cincinnati about bed bugs, it’s not one that I can find by even the most diligent search.
I have found two reactions to State Representative Dale Mallory’s recently introduced H.B. 590, a bill which would establish a Bed Bug Awareness, Education, and Prevention Program and, most important, “make an [...]
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I suppose patience is a skill that is not given to everyone to master.
We’ve been waiting for Cincinnati to show us the dimensions of what is possible for cities that are unafraid to lead and rise to the complex challenges of controlling the spread of bed bugs.
I am pleased to tell you that the minutes [...]
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Bedbugger recently brought us up to date on the latest news out of Cincinnati and Hamilton County, Ohio. The city and county have released a draft report of the joint bed bug task force.
The draft report is not available online as far as I can tell but Peggy O’Farrell’s report in The Cincinnati [...]
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